Camelback 1/25/08

[method9455]

Went up today with my friend, lapped the crap out of the place, not much in the way of lift lines and fast lifts. I don't think I had ever gone to Camelback on a weekday before when they where fully open, it was a lot of fun. Conditions where fast and hard all over, ice on a few trails but mostly good. We got there for 8:30 and stayed till 2, there was a big different between the morning and the afternoon (duh), but 1:30 it was pretty beat, but in the morning it was amazing. Best run for the day was definately Pocono Raceway, its not steep but if you bank in at high speed you can go crazy fast, its super wide, and lots of roll overs to ollie. We also like The Asp a lot, and Cliffhanger, and Nile Mile. We had fun on those. Worst of the day was The Hump, its not really moguls, its just screwed up. They where making snow in some places all day, about 3-4 trails where closed for snowmaking.

 

Both pipes where closed for snowmaking, the little one was kind of stupid, it is cut but they have the fan guns IN it and are blowing AT the walls. What?

The big pipe had no snowmaking, but it was definately ready to be cut, plenty of snow, already starting to get shaped. I'm glad to see they are letting the snow sit to compact a bit, that looked really really good.

 

Laurel glade was laurel glade, same as always small boxes and rails, but the rails looked better than they have in the past. Lower moore ramble has 3 little jumps with basically no table/knuckle/landing. It is a ramp into a flat spot into a marginally less flat spot, I guess I'm glad it was like that cuz it was good to practice my front 3's on since I need small jumps (I'm a glass half full kind of guy). There is one kind of step - up table that was fun to launch some bigger shiftys and methods but it was still pretty small.

 

Rhodo was closed - seriously, wtf. I can't even begin to describe how ridiculous it looked. You have a straight run down and you have 3 wall rides that are at the top of quarter pipes, none you can transfer over. Yet they are in the MIDDLE of the run and not the end. So yea, I'm coming down, flowing through 2 features and then, up take a quarter pipe and send me back uphill. Ok now I'm going down and up, hit a quarter pipe and send me back uphill. Do you see how that doesn't flow? And only 1 jump? Well I guess 2 if you count the one on moore ramble, but 1 frickin table top, with crooked ramps. I guess they're trying to be "creative". A few rails, they hadn't really made ramps yet (well I hope they hadn't cuz if they had, wow), they look fine, but they're not as good as anything else around here, even Shawnees look better. Oh well, glad it wasn't open so I didn't have to waste money on a park pass, wished I had brought my camera to take some pictures.

[sirfrancisbacon9]

single jump size?

[CanisLupus]

It was opened at night I guess cause it was open when I got there. I was actually surprised. I didn't like the rails because CB seems to think that every rail in the advanced park needs an eight foot gap onto it. But the jumps were actually really nice.

[Glenn]

As much stuff as I don't like about CB, it's a blast to freeride there weekday mornings. It's a shame 99% of the clientele and even those on this board will never get to experience it.

[poconoceancity]

As much stuff as I don't like about CB, it's a blast to freeride there weekday mornings. It's a shame 99% of the clientele and even those on this board will never get to experience it.

 

I have experienced a few sick days, personal days and snow days there and it is a blast. Nothing compares to an empty CB in PA.

[method9455]

single jump size?

 

25' table? into a 10' step up that you can carry pretty far

[jdew]

Oh well, glad it wasn't open so I didn't have to waste money on a park pass, wished I had brought my camera to take some pictures.

 

Park passes are free.